Thursday, October 29, 2026

Tag: Obamacare

More than 10 million Americans have lost health coverage under Trump,...

Enrollment losses are falling hardest on children, with Medicaid and CHIP coverage for kids down 2 million even as the biggest cuts in this year's tax and spending law have yet to fully take effect.

Obamacare’s insurance safety net protects many of the millions losing their...

Due to the loss of income, people in states that expanded Medicaid under care of the ACA could become eligible for Medicaid coverage.

‘The status quo is not sustainable:’ How Medicare for All would...

More than 100 Democratic lawmakers co-sponsored a House bill last month to dramatically revamp healthcare in the United States by creating a Medicare-for-All system funded by the federal government.

In a victory for reproductive rights, judge blocks Trump’s attempt to...

"Today is a good day. Because of this injunction, women in 13 states can still access birth control under the ACA."

America wants health care, not walls

We can only hope that the Democrats who won a new mandate on health care in November will now find the courage to deliver on big ideas like in-state single-payer programs, and push for Medicare for All at the federal level.

Hold them accountable for undermining the Affordable Care Act

Know what they’re doing so you can hold them accountable on Election Day.

Pre-existing conditions: The age group most vulnerable if coverage goes away

It is hard to imagine protection for pre-existing coverage for those 55-64 being overturned given the universal appeal of this mandate and the policy reports already being generated.

Despite the GOP’s attempts to repeal Obamacare, health care doesn’t have...

One of the Affordable Care Act’s fatal flaws enables Republican sabotage. But to lay the groundwork for change, progressives will have to resist powerful senior lobbies.

Trump on single payer healthcare: “A CURSE on this country and...

These craven Republicans are determined to destroy Obamacare without an adequate replacement.

What’s next for health care? Confused Congress should look to Indian...

Indian Health Service is a great example of health care run and managed by the government. Let’s use it to figure out what works and what doesn’t.

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Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds

The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%

Insurers drop Medicare Advantage plans for 1 million seniors

KFF counted 193 counties with no Medicare Advantage drug plan open to general enrollment in 2027, up from 123 this year
An American mink. Photo: Patrick Reijnders / CC BY-SA 3.0

Bird flu keeps spreading on a Utah mink farm as officials hold off on...

Seven mink have tested positive on C&T Fenn Farms, and no federal rules cover sick mink, ProPublica reports; Utah has issued a verbal hold instead of a formal quarantine.

Gaza newborn dies of hypothermia as Israel continues to block lifesaving aid

A two-week-old infant’s death amid winter storms underscores mounting warnings from UN agencies that blocked shelter, destroyed hospitals, and widespread hunger are making exposure deadly for Gaza’s youngest residents.
Cleta Mitchell. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement

Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.